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Improper Authorization Affecting curl package, versions <7.50.1-r0

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.5% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-CURL-7008551
  • published 23 May 2024
  • disclosed 10 Aug 2016
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Introduced: 10 Aug 2016

CVE-2016-5420 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-285 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.20 curl to version 7.50.1-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl and libcurl before 7.50.1 do not check the client certificate when choosing the TLS connection to reuse, which might allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of the connection by leveraging a previously created connection with a different client certificate.

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